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Courtney Wilson has discovered that the best way to fight cellulite is to have her body wrapped in gauze.
As she lay on a massage table at Bella Melange Spa, certified massage specialist Beth Slaughter-Moore applied the solution-dipped gauze. This was Wilson’s first time to get a full body wrap.
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“It’s great; I think I’ll get this again,” she said with a smile as her session ended.
Slaughter-Moore said aside from smoothing out cellulite, the seaweed peppermint wrap she uses has other benefits.
“The peppermint improves circulation,” she said as she wrapped one of Wilson’s arms. “And just being in here is a stress reducer.”
Torrey Greer said the newest wraps are fighting cellulite. Greer is the owner of Bella Melange.
Today, there are many wraps available to help slim various areas of the body. Wraps can be done at home or at the spa. Some come in the form Slaughter-Moore uses and others are rubber or plastic wraps worn underneath clothing.
Greer said the wraps work internally.
“They soften the cellulite as well as firm and tighten skin. And it’s a long-term result.”
The number of times a customer needs to come in to get a wrap depends upon the amount and severity of cellulite, Greer said.
“They also have home maintenance that we provide,” he said.
Body wraps have multiple benefits.
“They’re good for firming the skin and it’s just a time for total relaxation,” he said.
It’s also a natural way to fix problems like cellulite but is better than surgery, he said.
“My mom always believed in home remedies, and these wraps are basically that. I’d rather have the slower result of wraps than all that surgery and anesthesia.”
At Bella Melange, customers can get a seasalt peppermint wrap in the store. Other options include a mud wrap or bath and a honey bath. The gauze used to wrap the body is soaked in the treatment before it’s applied to the skin, Greer said.
Customers get a message to loosen the muscles, Greer said. Then the person is wrapped from the neck down. A thermal blanket is applied because it will get cold.
After 20 minutes, the wrap is done. No bath or shower is needed, he said.
Ten months ago, Nancy Dowton, 56, walked into Ageless Choices, a health spa, to improve her health and energy. She spends most of her day doing manicures and pedicures. By the end of the day she’s exhausted.
“It can be very tiring sometimes,” she said.
After a few months of wraps and exercise, she started to feel different.
“It’s been great for me,” she said.
“I’m more flexible than I’ve ever been and I feel wonderful.”
Dowton used the spa’s exercise tables and body wraps to improve her figure.
It’s relaxing and it tones you, she said.
“I’ve lost more than 16 inches and gone down two dress sizes. And I’m proud of it,” she said.
Sharon Hammond said previous body wraps used compression or water loss to take inches off, but both methods are temporary.
Hammond is the owner of Ageless Choices.
“The inches would almost immediately come back,” she said. “This is not the usual body wrap which is usually water loss. The gel on these applicators metabolizes the fat in your fat cells and the resulting inch loss is fat loss, not water loss.”
At her spa, clients use a cloth wrap soaked in a gel.
“The gel absorbs into the skin and metabolizes the fat in fat cells,” she said.
“It also tones and tightens the skin. Some use it to condition their skin.”
Most of the gel is absorbed within the first hour, Hammond said.
“The best results happen if a person showers or bathes before they put on the wrap,” she said.
“That opens the skin’s pores.”
Most wraps, like the one Hammond uses, can be applied anywhere on the body.
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